A 38-year-old Burbank man was arrested Friday morning after he allegedly threw a keyboard at a Burbank police officer at 24 Hour Fitness, where he had been asked to leave by the gym staff, police said.
Gym employees called police at 8:35 a.m. after the...

Police are investigating the death of a man who reportedly died due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his car inside a Burbank parking structure, authorities said.
Around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, police responded to the parking structure at 651 N. San...

A 51-year-old man filed a claim against the city of Burbank centered around an incident in which he reportedly woke up with a broken arm in a Burbank park following an arrest for being drunk in public, records show.
Jon Petersen alleges he was a...

The giant B overlooking downtown Burbank from the Verdugo foothills is older than most of the people who see it every day.
From the streets below, it looks as it always has, white and thin among the mottled brush of the hillside. Over the years, it’s become part of the landscape as ever-present and constant as the hill itself; the view as one drives up Olive Avenue and Magnolia Boulevard would seem strange without the single letter that faces out and also up.
You likely can’t see it from...

Burbank City Manager Mark Scott said this week he felt “energized” after a closed-door evaluation with elected officials on Tuesday.
“I thought they were extraordinarily constructive in their comments to me,” Scott said by phone Thursday, though he declined to reveal specific concerns broached or comments made. “I felt very positive energy coming out of the meeting.”
After the discussion in closed session Tuesday, Burbank Mayor Emily Gabel-Luddy announced the City...

Longtime Burbank resident Roy Wiegand will hit the ground running on July 4 — and he won't stop for 80 miles.
The ultra-distance runner will take off from Angels Stadium in Anaheim for his 80-mile trek to raise money for the Michael Hoefflin Foundation for Children's Cancer in honor of Christopher Wilke, the 12-year-old Burbank Boy Scout and Angels fan who lost his battle with the disease in March.
Christopher, a David Starr Jordan Middle School student, died as a result of having...

Police escorted a hiker down a Stough Canyon hiking trail Thursday in Burbank after the woman reported a mountain lion was following her, police said.
Shortly after noon, the woman called authorities claiming that she saw, and was being followed by, a mountain lion while she was hiking roughly two miles above the Stough Canyon Nature Center, said Burbank Police Officer Joshua Kendrick.
Officers – on foot and by helicopter – searched the area and were reportedly unable to locate a...

A design firm on Tuesday presented an $18-million, 20-year plan to renovate the city's outdoor Starlight Bowl amphitheater, which representatives of the firm called "drastically underutilized" and "slightly tired" in terms of its physical condition and programming.
In a joint meeting with the City Council and the Park, Recreation and Community Services Board, a team representing Lehrer Architects Westlake Reed Leskosky Design laid out a multiphase plan that recommends a host of infrastructure...

Burbank police raised roughly $2,500 for the Special Olympics on Thursday by waiting on tables and serving food at the annual “Tip-A-Cop” event, officials said.
A dozen police officers, cadets and explorers in uniform collected tips at the Claim Jumper in Burbank to benefit athletes in the Special Olympics.
“It just gives us another opportunity to help others,” said Burbank Police Officer Joshua Kendrick. “It’s a very selfless act not only for the police department,...

A three-judge panel this week denied the city's appeal of a judgment that a former deputy police chief was retaliated against for reporting alleged corruption within the Burbank Police Department.
William Taylor, who joined the police department in 1984, sued the city in 2009, claiming he was demoted and subsequently fired after complaining about discrimination and sexual harassment within the department, as well as illegal attempts to fire minority officers which he refused to support.
After the...